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BSR Insight Articles About Ecosystem Services

We found 20 BSR Insight articles on this topic; most recently published at the top.

Learning From Gravity: Lessons for Business Decision-Makers

Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Of the engineers among us, who has ever woken up and said, in the words of my former colleague George Basile, “Today, I am going to design a bridge that ignores gravity!” Read more 

Posted: April 9, 2013 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment, Land Use & Biodiversity

A Look Ahead: 2013

Aron Cramer, President and CEO

One look at the daily headlines suggests little reason to be optimistic as we start 2013. We are now in the fifth year of the global financial crisis, the Eurozone continues to sputter, and all evidence suggests that climate change is accelerating even faster than feared. Read more 

Posted: January 8, 2013 | Topics: Climate Change, Economic Development, Ecosystem Services, Human Rights, Information & Communications Technology, Leadership

Environmental Performance 2.0: How Will Ecosystem Services Affect Corporate Decision-Making Next?

Sissel Waage, Director, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

In January 2012, a potentially significant shift occurred for corporate decision-makers: Companies seeking financing from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, as well as from 76 global banks that signed on to the Equator Principles, became subject to due diligence processes that examine corporate impacts and dependencies on ecosystem services. This occurred even as more than 16 national and regional governments continued to focus on ways to integrate ecosystem services into public policy. With small-scale exploratory work underway for several years, corporate applications covered the spectrum—from integration of ecosystem services into accounting, to consideration of the issues as an element in risk-management and impact-assessment protocols. Read more 

Posted: December 11, 2012 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment, Strategy & Integration

Biomimicry: Designing a Train to Work Like a Bird

Julia Robinson, Communications Associate

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Posted: October 9, 2012 | Topics: Ecosystem Services, Environment

What the Facebook IPO Teaches Us About the Value of Ecosystems

Linda Hwang, Former Manager, Research

Two events took place within three months of each other that could fundamentally reshape the digital and physical world around us. On March 18, Facebook filed paperwork for its initial public offering, and on June 16, the Natural Capital Declaration was launched at the Rio+20 Conference in Brazil. What's interesting is what these two events have in common: Both are grappling with the definition of value. Read more 

Posted: July 17, 2012 | Topics: Ecosystem Services

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